everybody says let's avoid going over the fiscal cliff. this is one of the demands that the republicans have made. i don't like it. don't think the president prefers it. i know he doesn't. but everyone is trying to find a way to get to it except our republican colleagues. even after the president put this on the table, they decided to walk away with plan "b." >> the republicans say they may have a vote on plan "b" on thursday. it would raise taxes for those making $1 million and above. what does this mean? >> this is another effort by speaker boehner to minimize the impact on high-income earners, plan "b" would give millionaires a $24,000 tax break, relative to what the president is proposing now at $400,000. another way to provide benefits and relief to very high-income individuals, and by leaving the cuts in place, it would mean that working americans, our kids' education, programs for nutrition, for moms and kids, would take a big hit, even as they continue to protect the tax breaks for high-income individuals. and so as the president h